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Women in the Arab Countries of the Gulf Region: the Ordinary and the Extraordinary

Women in the Arab Countries of the Gulf Region: the Ordinary and the Extraordinary. Marina TOLMACH Ё VA Washington State University tolmache@wsu.edu. Women of the Gulf Women in the Gulf Women young and old, old and new Women, religion and tradition Women in public life

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Women in the Arab Countries of the Gulf Region: the Ordinary and the Extraordinary

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  1. Women in the Arab Countries of the Gulf Region: the Ordinary and the Extraordinary Marina TOLMACHЁVA Washington State University tolmache@wsu.edu

  2. Women of the Gulf • Women in the Gulf • Women young and old, old and new • Women, religion and tradition • Women in public life • Gender in politics • Personalities and Faces

  3. The Middle East & North Africa

  4. Prospects and Problems: • “Youth Tsunami” or • “From Oil Boom to Youth Boon”?

  5. Gulf Cooperation Council countries

  6. Gulf Population Estimates 2013 • Saudi Arabia 28.16 mln • UAE 7.89 • Kuwait 3.85 • Oman 2.95 • Qatar 1.94 • Bahrain 1.55

  7. We have learned a great deal about Arab women…

  8. “...mass-market publishing has brought us a sordid genre of pulp non-fiction about Muslim woman’s bondage and oppression.” Lila Abu-Lughod (Columbia U)

  9. The Gulf at first glance: Investment, Innovation, Competition

  10. Global Outreach:Dubai World Cup 2013 fashions

  11. DEMOCRACY IN THE GULF? Kuwait, 2005: women gained the right to vote and be elected to Parliament

  12. Kuwait, 2009: four women elected to Parliament June 1, 2009: “Women arrive in Kuwait's parliament, and some male MPs walk out”L-R: Dr. Aseel al-Awadhi, Dr. RulaDashti (#56 in the 100 most powerful Arab women list), Dr.Salwa al-Jassar, Dr. Massouma al-Mubarak

  13. Democracy in Saudi Arabia? Women’s and Girls’ Rights • On September 25, 2011 King Abdullah announced that women will be able to vote in municipal elections in 2015. The king also promised to appoint women as full members of the Shura Council. • Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world to prohibit women from driving. • The Saudi guardianship system continues to treat women as minors. Under this discriminatory system, girls and women of all ages are forbidden from traveling, studying, or working without permission from their male guardians. In 2009 the Ministry of Commerce, though not other ministries, stopped requiring women to conduct ministerial business through a male representative. • http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-saudi-arabia

  14. The FORBESlist of 100 “Power Women” http://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/ #85 Sheikha Al-Bahar, National Bank of Kuwait Also #8 on Arab Women list #100 SheikhaMayassa Al Thani, Qatar Museums Authority

  15. SheikhaLubna Al Qasimi of UAE #92 on World Power Women list #1 on Arab Women list

  16. Saudi women on the 100 Arab Power Women list #3 LubnaOlayan, Finance #4 Princess Ameerah Al Taweel , Philanthropist

  17. Kuwait businesswomen on the list of 100 most powerful Arab women #18 SheikhaHessa Al Sabah #43 MahaGhunaim

  18. SheikhaMozahbint Nasser Al Missned, Qatar Foundation

  19. SheikhaMozah with her husband at the White House

  20. Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyacultural center and curated collection SheikhaHussa Al SabahKuwait cultural leader

  21. Sheikha Dana Sabah, Kuwait Businesswoman and education patron

  22. Sheikha Dr. Rasha Al SabahKuwait politician and educator • Degrees from University of Birmingham and Yale • 1985-91 Vice Rector, Kuwait University • 1989-2008 Under Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education • Named International Woman of the Year for 1996-1997 by the International Biographical Center (IBC) in Cambridge

  23. Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-LailPresident of Effat University, Saudi Arabia Ph.D. in Public Policy, University of Southern California, 1991 Princess Loulwabint Faisal, daughter of Queen Effat

  24. KUWAIT EDUCATORS FaizaKharafi, former president, Kuwait University NuriyaSabeeh, former Kuwait Education Minister

  25. Thuraya Al-Baqsami , Kuwait artist. Member, Kuwait Art Society. Academic training in Cairo, Egypt and Moscow, Russia. Golden Palm Leaf award, the GCC Biennale in Riyadh (1989) and in Doha (1992).

  26. Yvonne Wakefield, Suitcase Filled with Nails: Lessons Learned from Teaching Art in Kuwait

  27. Kuwaiti students Sarah Budai, AUK alumna American University of Kuwait

  28. Working women in the Gulf Cooperation Council • Over half of university students in the Gulf Cooperation Council are women, yet female participation in the workforce stands at less than 20%......Why? • http://www.cassknowledge.com/inbusiness/feature/working-women-gulf-cooperation-council • Cass Knowledge: Research for Business, issue 16, 2012

  29. Gulf Population Estimates 2013 • Saudi Arabia 28.16 mln • UAE 7.89 • Kuwait 3.85 • Oman 2.95 • Qatar 1.94 • Bahrain 1.55

  30. UAE Population 2012 • Age structure • 0-14 years: 20.5% (male 557,603/female 532,303) • 15-24 years: 14% (male 440,556/female 301,147) • 25-54 years: 61.6% (male 2,497,606/female 774,318) • 55-64 years: 3% (male 122,356/female 38,402) • 65 years and over: 0.9% (male 31,942/female 18,084) • Median age • total: 30.2 years male: 32.1 years female: 25 years

  31. Migration of Women Workers from South Asia to the Gulf UN Women ISBN: 978-81-924272-0-1 • Healthcare and Nursing Jobs in Saudi Arabia • Filipino nanny job jobs in Qatar • 20,000 jobs await Filipino nurses in Middle East | ABS-CBN News

  32. Labor Trafficking as the Modern-day Slave Trade • Indian Maids Tortured, Denied Food, Treated Worse Than Dogs… • Abuse of Indian maids in Kuwait on rise • India to ban maid emigration to Gulf states and Africa • Migrant Nightmares: Ethiopian Domestic Workers in the Gulf • Nepal bans women under 30 from working in Gulf states • Burmese migrant workers dream of returning home • Minimum wage for Filipino maids in Saudi a model for Gulf countries • UAE recruiters warned to pay minimum wage for Filipino domestic workers... • Saudi Arabia, 70% of Filipino domestic workers suffer physical and psychological violence • ■ Philippines aims to halt migration of domestic workers • ■ Manila delays ban on citizens working as UAE domestics

  33. Asian migrants in the Gulf

  34. Bollywood in the GulfLakme Fashion Week 2013

  35. Indian TV channel aims to link diaspora to homeland

  36. Emirates produces Bollywood TV show » Gulf News Dubai ...

  37. It is about their future…

  38. Questions? RECENT GAINS AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE GULF ARAB STATES. By Sanja Kelly, 2009 http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Women's%20Rights%20in%20the%20Middle%20East%20and%20Noth%20Africa,%20Gulf%20Edition.pdf WOMEN IN GULF POLITICS: A PROGRESS REPORT. By Simon Henderson, 2005 http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/women-in-gulf-politics-a-progress-report

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